Yesterday morning, the Toronto Marlies announced the termination of goaltender Drew MacIntyre’s professional tryout, and the signing of a full AHL contract for the remainder of the season, a move that has some happy, and others confused. The move comes immediately after the return of Jussi Rynnas to the team, leading to some confusion. After all, Rynnas’ departure was the reason for adding MacIntyre in the first place. With that said, it’s a more important signing than you’d think.

As it stands now, if the Leafs are rolling with the ‘x’ first line center, Grabovski, Kadri down the middle on the first three lines, there’s not a likely spot on the parent club for Colborne. At this point, it’s likely that he is being groomed for a lower roster spot that ex-GM Brian Burke alluded to when he pointed out a ‘Steckel-like’ development.

For the first week, I sit down for a pop with Jeff Veillette aka Jeffler of Leafs Nation, and Thomas Drance of Canucks Army, along with myself (Steve Dangle) to talk about Leafs goaltending, Canucks goaltending, tampering, and more.

A lot of weird things happened in this game between the Maple Leafs and Islanders. The Leafs got a win, which isn't that weird this year, and continued their impressive start to the shortened season. It was a 5-4 overtime win on a goal by Dion Phaneuf 1:11 into the OT period that somehow snuck through Evgeni Nabokov's equipment.

But look at me, burying the lede. Nazem Kadri played phenomenally, scoring three goals on his lonesome, all three of them individual efforts. He got his first NHL hat-trick. James Reimer looked like Ben Scrivens did last night, allowing shots from the outside and coughing up some easy rebounds, and once New York came back from 4-2 to tie it up, it looked like it was going to be a game the Leafs were going to let slip away.

But, no. Phaneuf scored in the OT, the team played shut-down after the tying goal, and the team proverbially held-on for the an overtime win, as odd as that sounds.